Elizabeth
pronunciation
How to pronounce Elizabeth in British English:
UK [ɪ'lɪzəbəθ]
How to pronounce Elizabeth in American English:
US [ɪ'lɪzəbəθ]
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- Noun:
- daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
- Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign
Word Origin
- Elizabeth
- fem. proper name, Biblical name of the wife of Aaron, from Late Latin Elisabeth, from Greek Eleisabeth, Eleisabet, from Hebrew Elishebha "God is an oath," the second element said by Klein to be related to shivah (fem. sheva) "seven," and to nishba "he swore," originally "he bound himself by (the sacred number) seven." Has never ranked lower than 26th in popularity among the names given to baby girls in the U.S. in any year since 1880, the oldest for which a reliable list is available. The city in New Jersey is named for Lady Elizabeth Carteret (d.1697), wife of one of the first proprietors of the colony.
Example
- 1. When she was 21 , elizabeth sailed to menorca .
- 2. Elizabeth : you don 't have to be best friends again .
- 3. Elizabeth : this is your first year of junior high .
- 4. Queen elizabeth ii has all the social prestige , but no political or economic power .
- 5. Elizabeth : young girls are often cruel to each other . It 's a big problem .